New Orleans police said two people have been arrested and authorities were searching for two more people caught on surveillance video attacking two men from Boston Saturday evening in New Orleans' French Quarter.

Police said Joshua Simmons, 18, was taken into custody on Tuesday. Dejuan Paul, 21, surrendered Monday and was arrested on a charge of second-degree robbery, the New Orleans Police Department said. Investigators said he is the person who left one of the victims in critical condition.

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New Orleans Police Superintendent Michael Harrison is urging two other people sought in connection with the incident to surrender as well.

Investigators said two tourists from the Boston area were walking back to their hotel when four men came up behind them and started attacking them. The victims, identified as James Curran and Tim Byrne, were in New Orleans for the General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Curran and Byrne were knocked down to the ground and robbed of their belongings.

Officials said the attackers left, but were recorded on surveillance video, which was released Sunday in an effort to help identify them.

Harrison said detectives are aware of who the other suspects are in the attack, but are continuing their investigation to bring about their arrests. He is urging friends and relatives of the suspects to report them to police.